Returned From Afar – Happy Memorial Day! · 7:15pm May 31st, 2021
Hello readers! Guess who’s back?
Well, you don’t really have to. After all, this is a new post, not scheduled in any way! So it’s not much of a guess that I am back from my vacation.
And hoo-boy did I need it. I hadn’t realized exactly how stressed and overworked I’d become in the last few years of working with very few breaks. The first few days of my trip, I felt like my mind was one of those crazy metal puzzles with all the rings, but one that had been handed to someone after being passed to an overactive toddler and really bent into an odd shape. Over the last week, it’s gradually relaxed and fallen back into shape, unclenching into something a bit more recognizable.
Basically, five years without a real vacation was a little too much. Even during Christmas and other breaks I spent a lot of days running the site, writing other projects, planning … This vacation was the first time in years were I made a point of not even thinking about writing for the first few days. Complete disconnect.
Sands and storms did I need that.
Now I’m back! Relaxed, rejuvenated, and ready to once again to get back to work. Step one? Finishing Starforge. The last quarter is ready to explode into the finale, and I’m ready to write it.
Now, normally this would be the point were I dive into Being a Better Writer, since this is Monday. However, today is also a big holiday in the United States. Memorial Day, when we honor and remember all the fallen warriors that have given their lives in defense of this country. As in keeping with tradition, there will not be an installment of Being a Better Writer today.
However, as I have just come back from an extended break, I will be posting a shorter one tomorrow. So there’s that to look forward to.
Well, that and this awesome picture I took on my vacation. Are you ready? Check this out:
You see it? Right in the upper left-hand corner of the display? That is Axtara – Banking and Finance, proudly on display in my hometown’s library next to Dave Pilkey and a Wings of Fire book.
And yes, I signed it.
That's so fucking cool!
( Is there even a way to schedule blog posts on fimfiction?)
Great to hear that you're feeling recharged from that vacation!
And seeing your books in your hometown's library, where you spent a lot of time as a kid, and then signing them. That has got to be an amazing feeling.